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The general strike
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- 1Greater symbolism of the general strike?-Represented social divides and political conflict between Labour and the Conservatives
-A symptom of the greater fear of communism that had been responsible for forcing Labour out of office - 2How many working days lost in 1926?-over 160 mil
- 3Impact of returning to the gold standard on the coal industry?-Loss of £2.1 mil in the first 6 months of 1925
-Mine owners threatened lockout after miners refused to accept less pay and longer hours - 4How did the government initially appease the mining situation?-Offered 9 month subsidy
- 5What was red Friday?-The day the subsidy was announced
- 6Result of the Samuel commission?-Said less pay but no longer hours
- 7What were the stances of the miners and mine owners after the subsidy ended?-Mine owners - threatened lockout again
-Miners - "not a penny of the pay, not a second on the day" - went to TUC for support - 8Failure of Baldwin?-Failed to put more pressure on mine owners to re-invest in mines
-Could've shown greater willingness to negotiate w/ TUC - 9Daily mail thing?-Daily mail called unexpected strike - Baldwin refused to talk to the TUC until it was called off but had gone to bed by the time it had
- 10Failure of mine owners?-Didn't re-invest in mines and modernise - becoming reliant on manual labour in a industrialised and modern world
- 11Failure of government?-Subsidy just buying time to prepare for strike - launched emergency powers act before the end of it, implying an acceptance of the general strike happening
-Refused to take responsibility of and nationalise the mines under LG despite recommendations from Sankey commission
-Didn't enforce the advice of the Samuel commission - 12Failure of TUC?-Leaders ranged from extreme to moderate + therefore were unstable and not unified in strategy
-Many board members miners
-general council set up 1921 to orchestrate mass strike if needed- implies acceptance of the inevitability of a general strike
-Didn't negotiate well w/ gov - 13Lee quote about Baldwin?-"more concerned with maintaining the recently acquired unity of the Conservative party than with avoiding industrial conflict"
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- History - Britain (Economics) Flashcards on The general strike, created by Harry Mercer on 08/01/2019.
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